The bureaucracy and the desalination plant of Coquimbo

36 visits The Coquimbo Region faces the most serious water shortage crisis in recent decades. The last three governments have declared the need to build a multipurpose desalination plant that guarantees a stable supply of drinking water for the Coquimbo-La Serena conurbation and, potentially, for Ovalle. The Minister of Public Works (MOP) processed in late 2023 a special fast track law (Law No. 21.639) -which has only one article - with the aim …

The Coquimbo Region faces the most serious water shortage crisis in recent decades. The last three governments have declared the need to build a multipurpose desalination plant that guarantees a stable supply of drinking water for the Coquimbo-La Serena conurbation and, potentially, for Ovalle.